New Hampshire / State / 2022 Regular Session

Laws of New Hampshire 2022, chapter 342 Created the National Guard tuition waiver spouse transfer and set it to expire July 1, 2027

Watching a later dateEnactedProgram createdProgram repealed

Signed 2022-08-03 · Takes effect 2027-07-01

Added RSA 110-B:63-c, IV, letting a member of the New Hampshire National Guard who has completed an initial mandatory service obligation of no less than 6 years transfer the tuition waiver to a spouse for use in a degree-enhancing curriculum in the community college or university system, at the cost of a 4-year reserve duty service obligation running from the date of transfer, with the spouse able to transfer it back and the two barred from using it simultaneously. Section 1 of the same act added the DEERS-based definition of spouse at RSA 110-B:63-b, VI. Section 4 of the act repeals paragraph IV effective July 1, 2027, and the published statute carries the bracketed note. Tracked as watching a later date because the window to transfer closes on that date: a member who wants to move the benefit to a spouse must do it before July 1, 2027 and should weigh the additional 4-year obligation, and because a member who transfers shortly before the repeal will be relying on a paragraph that no longer exists when the spouse enrols, which the act does not address.